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Name: | Kathryn J |
Age: | 24 |
Year of the Fix: | 2016 |
Location: | Easton, Bristol |
Campaign: | Encouraging young people to ask for help if they are struggling to live independently |
When I was ten I started getting symptoms of bipolar disorder.
I would be depressed for several weeks and then it changed to the opposite of that and I would get high mood swings.
The time scale changed, sometimes it would be a few weeks of each and sometimes it would be longer, like a couple of months.
I moved out for the first time when I was 19. I was quite unwell and moved out without telling my mum – I was really impulsive.
After a couple of months I got depressed really quickly and that’s why it was so difficult to carry on living independently at the time and pay the rent. I moved back home after two months.
With Fixers I decided to create a storybook based on my personal experiences, to show young people how mental health conditions can affect our everyday lives, and that you are never alone; all you need to do is reach out.
Lots of people with mental illness are struggling to live independently. I hope people will see that there is nothing abnormal about it and talk to someone before things become overwhelming.
Fixers
Mason Latey
Sam Barakat
Ben Simms
'Kate'
Becky
Hannah Baker
Jade Kingdom
Fern Lulham
Hafsa Ur-Rehman
Shannon Rawlings
Meghann
Jack H
Lauren Taylor
Olivia G
Alexandra Garrick
Sam Womack
Liam Thomas
Jo Quinn
Chelsie Brown
Becky Thorn
Mary-Anne White and Lucy Wills
Me and my friends want young people to know that calories aren't the enemy!